Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29

who unnecessarily puts temptation IN a
bows way. There have been great estsb-
lishments in these cities building marble
palaces, their owners diving worth mil
lions, and millions, and millions, who
made q vast amount Of their estate out OF
the blood, and muscle, and nerve OF malt
paid clerks. Such men as-Well, L will
not mention any name. But mean men
who have gathered up vast estates at !
the expense of the people who were
ground under their heel. co." say such |
merchants, ''if you don't like it here, then
go and get better place." As much as
to say: "I've got you in my grip, ana
mean to hold you; you can't get any |
other place " 0, what contrast we see
between such men and those Christian |
merchants of Brooklyn and New York
who to-day are sympathetic with their
clerks-when they pay the salary, acting
in this way: "This salasy that l give you
is not all nv interest in you. You are an
immortal man; you are an immortal Wo-
man; | am interested in your present and
YOUR everlasting welfare; l want you to
understand that if l am 8 little higher up |
in this store, am beside you IN Chris |
tian sympathy" Go back forty years to
Arthur Tappen's store in New York;
man whose worst enemies never ques-
toned his honesty. Every. morning he
brought all the clerks and the account
ants and the Weighers into room for de-
yotion They sang. They prayed. They
exhOrted. On Monday morning the
clerks were asked where they had at
tended church on the previous day, and
what the sermons were about. 1t must
have sounded strangely, that voice of
praise along the streets where the deVO-
tees of mammOn were counting their gol-
den beads. You say, Arthur Tappen
failed. Yes, he was unfortunate, like
great many good men; but 1 understand
| he met all his obligations before he lett
! this world, and l know that he died IN
the peace CT the gospel, and that he is be-
! fore the throne of God to-day-ioreVer
! blessed Ii that be failing, wish that
you might all fail. Therejare great many
young men in this city-yea, in this house
who want a word of encouragement,
Christian encouragement. One smile OF
good cheer would be worth more to them
tomorrow morning in their places OF
| business tnan g present OF S5U, UUO ten
years hence. o, | remember the appre-
| hensiOn and tremOr of entering profess
sion. l remember very well tue man VINO
| greeted me in the ecclesiastical court
with the tip ends of the long fingers OF
the left hand; and l remember the other
man who took my hand in both of his and
said: "God bless you, my brother; you
have entered glorious profession; be
faithful to God and He will see you
through" Why, 1 feel this minute the
thrill of that Misunderstanding, though the
man who gave me the Christian grip has
been in heaven twenty five years. There
I'D yTyhn
years ago, when some one said kind
word to them. Now, old men, pay back
what You got then. 1t is great art for
old men to be able to encourage the
Young There are many you g people IN
our cities who have come from inland
counties of our own state-frOm the
/. granite hills of the north, from the savan-
mas of the south, from the prairies OF the
, west. They are here to get their fortune.
They are in boarding houses where every
} body seems to be thinking of himself.
, They want companionshiD and they want
CHRISTIAN encouragement. Give IL 10
: them. NV word is to all clerks in this
house: Be mightier than your tempta-
tiOns. A Sandwich Islander used to
think when he slew an enemy that all the
: strength of that enemy came into his own
right arm And 1 have to tell you that
every misfortune you conquer is so mucn
f added to your moral power. With omnl-
] potence for lever and the throne OF God
} for q fulcrum you can move earth and
heaven. While there are other young
men putting the cup of sin 20 their lips,
stOOp down and drink out Of the fountains
of God and you will rise up strong to
thresh the mountains. The anCients used
: to think tn pesrls were fallen rain drops,
2 which, touching the surface of the sea,
. hardened into gems, then dropped to the
5 bottom. l have to tell you to-day that
S storms Of trial have shoWered imperlsha-
e ole pearl into many young mans lap
! O, Young man, while you have goods &c
sell remember you have g soul to save
q In hospital Christian captain, wounded
} 4 few days before, got delirOus, and in
t the midnight hour he sprang out on th(
S floor Of the hospital, thinking he was IL
& the battle, crying: "COme on, boys! For
e ward! Clarge!" All! he was only bat
e Ting the specters of his own brain. Blu
t it is no imaginary conflict into which
g call you, young man, to-day. There ar
s 10000 spiritual foes that would capture
Il YOU. In the name of God up and at them
It After the last store has been closed
o after the last bank has gone down, ate
- custom house step has stopped, after tn
e long line of merchantmen on the sea haV
IS taken sail of fame, after Brooklyn, an
e New York, aRd London, and Vienna
/ have gone down into the grave Wher
Il Thebes, and Babylon, and Tyre Ia
4 buried; after the great fire bells: of tn
n Judgment day have tolled at the burnin
e of world on that day, all the affairs G
d banking houses and stores will come u
a for inspection. Oh, what an opening c
account books! Side by side, the clerk
lie and the men who employed them, tn
l. people who owned thread and needl
d stores on the same footing with tn
10 Stewards, the Delanos, and the AbbOtts
y and the Barings. Every invoice mad
IS out, all the labels of goods, all certificate
10 of stock, all lists of prices, all prlVat
N marks of the firm, now explained s
Ut everybody can understand them. All tn
;e maps of cities that were never bull
r but in which lots were sold, all bargains
* ali gougings, all snap judgments, a
lie false entries, I'll adulteretion of liquor
2. with copperes and strychnine, all mix;n
}, of teas, and sugars, and cOffee'
7r and syrups with cheaper mate
l rial, all embezzlements of truS
IL funds. Ali sWindles in cOsl, and iroL
and oil, and silver, and stocks. A
l. Swartouts, aud Huntingtons, and Ketca
er ums. On that day, when the cities {
d this world are smoking in the last conf:
lie gration, the trial will go on, and down
lie an avalsnche Of destruction will go thos
tx who wronged man or woman, insulte
$, God and defed the judgment. Oh. tn
IN will be a great day for you, hone'
% Christian clerk. No getting up early \
I'd retiring late; no walking around wit
ed weary limbs; but mansion in which
On live, and a realm of light, and love, an
d Joy over which to hold everlasting d'
&c mmi6h. Hoist him up from glory